07/07/06, Warcry - Zombies!

[Brannoc]

http://df.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=7&id=55645

Enjoy!

[The-Nit]

not up yet... ?
http://df.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=7&id=55645

[RavenLord]

Thank you, yet again, Brannoc

EDIT: ....for a link that does not work :bang:

[Gamemaster]

Awsome Article about Zombies, its great to see that you can see what their wearing as well.

[dizzyjoe]

garbage.....just garbage

just kidding....i liiiiiiike........thanks brannoc!!

[Corizo]

Try this link ;)

http://df.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=7&id=55645

/edit:
The-Nit was faster :p

...I liked the old format better. What's the use in getting so detailed informations about Zombies at this stage of developmet. I want to know more about game systems, how they work etc. After that we can be informed about Zombies Oo

[Platon2x]

Nice, but I hate turning into a Darkfall fanboi again...must resist...must resist...

[Afgar]

Too long, didn't read.

Cool screenshot though.

[[DJ]Hugo]

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[Natsuo]

Object not found!

As for the working link, the models for the more intact zombies look pretty nice. Hope we can strip armor off those mofos.

[Baldr]

Its nice how they are talking about how players arent the only things that will hunt and kill other players... :sly:

[Trigon]

We are going to have quite a few necromancers now.

[Maglubiyet]

Unlike some other games, Darkfall features collision detection, so you'll have to chop your way out of any corners you let yourself be trapped in.

Never thought about this having an affect on PvE

Although for me not that interesting of info, good to know that they will try to zerg you and the mage like ones will stay back and not run in like idiots.

I wish it had said if the warrior's items were fully lootable, it has been said in the past what you see is what you get, but things could have changed. I also wish it would have mentioned if the friendly fire would affect the mage like zombies when there firing at you from a distence, would be awesome if your killing thing and a mage accidently takes down his ally.

Oh, and cool picture, would have been nicer seeing them kick the shit out of one of the devs though.

[Irodim]

Too long, didn't read.

Cool screenshot though.

They went in depth about something and you don't read. I do realize that what mobs wear and their description not at the top of the list about detailed information but it is a step forward from what they have been giving.

[TreyDingo2020]

cool update, love the pic. And although i wasnt really wanting to learn about zombies, I can assume next week we will learn a lot about something that i am more interested in so i like the new format.

[Sarmatian]

Never thought about this having an affect on PvE

When I started to do champs in UO, I would get trapped alot from not paying attention to where I was going in relation to the mob of monsters. Teleport (spell) became very useful :D

[Maglubiyet]

When I started to do champs in UO, I would get trapped alot from not paying attention to where I was going in relation to the mob of monsters. Teleport (spell) became very useful :D

Thats because your dex blew though... if you had dex you rarely noticed that.

[Sack]

I rock rough and stuff with my Afro Puffs (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/abovetherim/afropuffs.htm)

[Baldr]

I rock rough and stuff with my Afro Puffs (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/abovetherim/afropuffs.htm)

Has nothing to do with the topic but LMAO!

[Sack]

Has nothing to do with the topic but LMAO!

You obviously dont know anything. This is the song I'll be singing while I rock those Zombies. :lmao:

[Sicpric]

LOL Learn2Link!!!1

[Kigek]

Zombies 4tw

[mlucas]

Loved the more detailed Info! I read the ppening sentance about the new format and looking forward to more weekly updates!...well a few more as I hoping beta is "soon ":D

[LanMandragon]

Thank you Brannoc, Thank you Darkfall Devs for providing more indepth coverage. Much appreciated.

[Leonon]

Darkfall features collision detection, so you'll have to chop your way out of any corners you let yourself be trapped in.Dire zombie
Powered by vile and unholy magic, Dire Zombies are the most dangerous type of reanimated corpse. Their bodies are covered by bands of black cloth which has been inscribed with magical symbols, making them appear almost mummy-like, though neither head nor hands or feet are covered. Dire Zombies carry no armor or weapons, but their hands are enclosed in swirling orbs of necromantic magic, with which they deliver powerful blows if they are forced into melee combat.OMG! AC Clone!

Sort of....

[Malishan]

Nice, and I agree the new format is much better :)

[Shadow Walker2020]

I liked the old Q&A format better, but, this is how its going to be from now on...... oh well.

Cool pic of the zombies, but, its not something thats on the top of my need to know list.

However, Ive got to hand it to the devs on the new zombies look. Much scarier looking than the original model they were going with. Very impressive.

[Airius Droc]

The new format is a welcome change. Thank you for listening. :)

Still, the subject matter is not exactly what I was personally looking for. For example, I didn't log onto the warcry website tonight thinking "Oh please let the update be about Zombies!"

Although it was interesting and provided additional detail and context I've long been hoping for, it would be preferable to see less Zombie MySpace blog like content, and more Economic, Geo-Political, Combat Example....stuff.

[Sack]

Give us Crafting and Caravaning information, or give Arius Death!

[Squatch]

Brannoc found the link, Huzzah!

[Airius Droc]

Give us Crafting and Caravaning information, or give Arius Death!

lol

Zombie MySpace:

"I like Tool, they rock."
Please sign my guest book.
My hobbies include wearing chain armor, and eating brains.
Click this link to see my ex-girlfriend, she's a bitch.

[Rulle]

AoC goes into beta ... we get zombies


and then i wonder why i see many familiar names over on the AoC boards.

[Sack]

AoC goes into beta ... we get zombies


and then i wonder why i see many familiar names over on the AoC boards.

I love beta whores.

[Rulle]

I love beta whores.


hey at least they know a sinking ship when they see one.

[Sack]

hey at least they know a sinking ship when they see one.

I love beta whores.

[Sack]

What I want to see next week in the Q&A (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=23268)

[kehmesis]

Cool, thanks. Hopefully we can control them with the necromancy school, or better, summon some.

[Ketsuna]

Theres no girl zombies :( why are mobs so often genderless? I guess its hard to make two models for everything? I wouldn't exaclty call those scary....

[JaHOEvah]

Great read.

[Dozier]

excellent post, much better than the previous ones, i was actually imagining myself hacking through walls of zombies, getting cornered in some old abandoned building and having to fight my way back out, sounds like a blast, not to mention the pvp going on while you're running around, more posts like this one wanted one thing tho, make the pic fully viewable next time, small view just aint gonna cut it

[Airius Droc]

Theres no girl zombies :( why are mobs so often genderless? I guess its hard to make two models for everything? I wouldn't exaclty call those scary....

That's in next week's update, part two of the Zombie MySpace Blog series.

[Metal Wolf]

Woot!

[stalwart]

This week, we take a look at how one of the true fantasy stalwarts is represented in Darkfall.




notice... stalwarts.


i made it into this week's warcry?

[G.Struepp]

I know, no matter what they do, someone will always be unhappy. This time it's me :( . I understand that we won't see any real detailed information on game mechanics until release, maybe they start trickling a bit more details when beta starts. And they probably still have a quite some weeks left, so they need to fill these if they handing out weekly infos.
I would have prefered Warcry staying with their Q&A, that way i found at least in each session one or two tidbids i didn't know before. Maybe it's just a bad opener, but actually (except the collosion detection and the screenshot) it could have been copied and pasted from any other game's lore. Hopefully the next topic doesn't cover vampires; if it's in the same style i'd probably could write that on my own.

I don't want to put anyones effort down here, it's still better than no info. It's just my opinion.



Edit: Theres no girl zombies :( why are mobs so often genderless? I guess its hard to make two models for everything?Good point

[Raekwon]

If they're gonna do the update on zombies they could have atleast shown and talked more about the zombie masters. Because well, they're the ones that matter.

[Ziploc]

zombie update for the lose


new update format will be nice tho if they give us info about something we care about.

[SnapAtl]

Not to be pessimistic, but this seemed to be beating around the bush a little. Detailed information of some of the game mechanics would have been a lot nicer, but any update is better than none.

[CHEETAH77]

Zombies:ohno:

[JimLad]

The update wouldn't be too bad if we had some in-game screenshots rather than yet another render.
The format wouldn't be too bad if we had something a little more desireable than the inner workings of zombies.

I think this format will be better than weakening strings of questions with vague answers, but this weeks edition was like vague: blown up into x5.

Next week will be 'The effects of Dwarven Ale on the brain'

[Gunther TheBlack]

Thats because your dex blew though... if you had dex you rarely noticed that.

lol no, even with 100 dex you could only push through one mob and you would get stuck.



Anyway, this update rocks and i love the picture.

Maybe we get some Zombie RP clans that will wear zombie armor and weapons hehe

Also, i like this format better because we get a pic and more detailed information about a subject which is a lot better than half arsed Q&A's with info i already knew.

[doma]

very very nice!
I loved the pic with all the zombies. great.

[Darkmatter]

Very nice text explaining the zombies, and the picture attached looked great. I loved the Zombie Warrior raising his sword up in the air - lets hope for emotes like that in the game. If zombies look that good, imagine the player characters. Now I have to say its hard to know what to expect from these updates as they seem to change in format every time. During the next Q&A I'd like a down-to-earth text from Tasos or Claus telling us about the status of development and how the beta preparations are coming along. :)

[Shaar]

I prefer the new format. It may not talk about game mechanics at all but at least is a decent read and gives us a feeling of how the world will be like. Understand that you won't get any more substantial info on mechanics till beta or release and enjoy every update for what it is. Once people where whinning about lack of updates... now we get 2 and sometimes 3 updates a week and peopl still whine...

[Virtra]

I like the new format as well. Also it allows for the Combine Q&A to replace te warcry Q&A without being redundant. Good stuff, and a good idea marketing wise.

[Spinewire]

I want mechanics not fluff i can find this shit out when i get in game, tell me how it works, that what i want to know now.

[brutalbengt]

./cry

i can never see the pics on that site :(
me want zombies...

[WonderBrick]

the subject matter is not exactly what I was personally looking for. For example, I didn't log onto the warcry website tonight thinking "Oh please let the update be about Zombies!"

Although it was interesting and provided additional detail and context I've long been hoping for, it would be preferable to see less Zombie MySpace blog like content, and more Economic, Geo-Political, Combat Example....stuff.


I want mechanics not fluff i can find this shit out when i get in game, tell me how it works, that what i want to know now.

I agree.

[Dronjak]

./cry

i can never see the pics on that site :(
me want zombies...

Try to disable you firewall.

[Kilmoran]

I rock rough and stuff with my Afro Puffs (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/abovetherim/afropuffs.htm)


Hoo yu ken? wow.... butchered that one.

[La Cuspide Scarlatta]

there is really still someone that didn't understand that they will not specificly reveal innovative features, at least not before beta is close?

and there is really still someone who doesn't understand why?

[m1st_m1st]

zombie, zombie :ohno: :ohno:

[AOD_Quin]

It's nice to know that I get to chop up some zombies but seriously. This was the worst update yet. We want to know aobut how the game works not how many types of zombies you have.

[LanMandragon]

It's nice to know that I get to chop up some zombies but seriously. This was the worst update yet. We want to know aobut how the game works not how many types of zombies you have.

Did you even read what they said? They are going to be trying to explain things in more detail. What did they describe in detail with this update? Mob differentiation, mob equipment, lots of stuff. If you actually pay attention its not superficial at all, it is how the game works.

[ShadowDemen]

Considering they are making 10-11 different zombie types at the least, I can't wait to see other mobs. I like this style, becuase I'm one of those people who reads the game lore before I play. You can find out game mecanics in beta, but no one except the devs can tell you about the worlds lore, which makes it more interactive. Besides, if you look at lore closely, you'll notice answers are hidden in there.

[shock223]

Considering they are making 10-11 different zombie types at the least, I can't wait to see other mobs. I like this style, becuase I'm one of those people who reads the game lore before I play. You can find out game mecanics in beta, but no one except the devs can tell you about the worlds lore, which makes it more interactive. Besides, if you look at lore closely, you'll notice answers are hidden in there.

im the same

[Lorak]

I liked the update.
While it didn't really go into any game mechanics. It does explain a bit on the diffrent level of mobs, and what you will find on them.

Since in DF mobs only drop what they normally carry. It gives you an indication of what mobs might be equiped with.

I also liked the diffrent kinds of zombies. Shows that every mob is not going to be the same as every other mob, just made a diffrent color. But I do wish they would have shown the zombies in actual screen shots.

Lorak

[123kid4]

This brings back sweet memories of kicking zombies asses in WoW at ravenhill cemetary in duskwood

[LanMandragon]

I liked the update.
While it didn't really go into any game mechanics. It does explain a bit on the diffrent level of mobs, and what you will find on them.

Since in DF mobs only drop what they normally carry. It gives you an indication of what mobs might be equiped with.

I also liked the diffrent kinds of zombies. Shows that every mob is not going to be the same as every other mob, just made a diffrent color. But I do wish they would have shown the zombies in actual screen shots.

Lorak

I like the glass is half full attitude. And yeah it was really nice to kinda get a rundown of what something might be equipped with, nice to hear that equipment from Zombies wont be on par with equipment from say a elven knight, because the zombies dont care. Makes sense, and a good game element.

[Razel]

Theres no girl zombies :( why are mobs so often genderless? I guess its hard to make two models for everything? I wouldn't exaclty call those scary....

wth would you do with a zombie that shows its gender... ammm nevermind theres a lootta sick fucks on this forum, including myself, just handn't givent it alot of thought before :bang: :D

[Sicpric]

i woulndt mind necrophelia being implemented in darkfall >)

[Caskillkiller]

The old Q&A covered more questions. The Zombies are cool and all but, I prefer the old Q&A.

[gcadays99]

I thought it was a fun different way to do things

[dtby]

Considering they are making 10-11 different zombie types at the least, I can't wait to see other mobs. I like this style, becuase I'm one of those people who reads the game lore before I play. You can find out game mecanics in beta, but no one except the devs can tell you about the worlds lore, which makes it more interactive. Besides, if you look at lore closely, you'll notice answers are hidden in there.


If you have to have devs tell you about game lore, then it's largely useless, except as (hopefully passable) fiction. I want game lore which is reflected in the game world in which I play.

dtBy

[Ketsuna]

wth would you do with a zombie that shows its gender... ammm nevermind theres a lootta sick fucks on this forum, including myself, just handn't givent it alot of thought before :bang: :D

well, look at it this way, zombies are dead people risen form the grave, at once point thye HAD genders, in death did it all just fall off and now they all look the same? But its not jsut in zombies in all kinda of things you usually kill in video games. not everythign in the world reproduces via budding you know. It's just more realistic and makes it a little less boring.

[123kid4]

hey what if they never had anything how would you tell they all look like well.... zombies

[GothPixie]

Interesting, a start of a monster compendium. I hope they do that for most of the mobs in game and put it up on the site somewhere.

[LanMandragon]

Interesting, a start of a monster compendium. I hope they do that for most of the mobs in game and put it up on the site somewhere.

I hope we see something new though, a different aspect next week, not more monsters lol.

[keeperofstars]

Bah, I learned not a single piece of information that I did not already know. From previous old old screenshots we saw zombies with different wore out gear and missing limbs.

Also we know mobs have different gear and use it in different ways, and that casters stand in the back with some logic, this we all already know.

For those lore junkies ask for more travles of agon. hell at one point the lore was detailed enough we could make better and more accurate maps of the world then what we got 2 weeks ago from the devs.

I think its a refreshing way to handle the Q&As, but going to be pissed if next week I get a 2 page article of how kwel it is to hire npcs, which can harvest resources or fight along side you, they can wear gear you give them, etc blah blah blah, stuff we already know.

Give us more detail on things like the skill decay which caused a 10 page discussion this week. How frequent, how steep is the decay, how often do you need to use a skill to prevent it, etc.

An never again should we see detail game information around a mob, when we have 5 times the amount they are giving us in the old information we have from 3 years ago.

[Angry-Khan]

kinda stinks it wasnt a ss at the end instead of rendering or whatever the heck they call it. Zombies is kind of an odd-ball topic to start this new approach to q&a unless i missed some kind of zombie obsession plaqueing the forums. Then again, looks like a solid new approach, hopefully it will make the q&a's seem like theyre about a game rather than some floating concept, gj.

[Evack]

zombie armor, ill hang it on my castle wall

[boby]

zombies go mooh-mooh


At least I hope so
:ninja:

[Kyofu]

Powered by vile and unholy magic, Dire Zombies are the most dangerous type of reanimated corpse.

Aw, no Liches, Ghouls, ghasts, or wights etc? Zombies are supposed to be the bottom of the undead food chain, just above skeletons.

Dire lich's are supposed to own..

[ShadowDemen]

Liches and zombie are different. Zombies are reanimated dead, liches are those who were alive, but made themselves undead. Thus, all liches have the power of necromancers, but not all zombies do.

And to the snip how the lore should be implemented in the world, it'll be kinda hard for devs to have hidden facts about everything in the game, without taking a lot longer making it.

[Jarlaxle[mezzo]]

Yea the liches should be the masters of the undead.

[Kyofu]

Ya I guess that's possible, that's why I didn't mention vampires - They are undead, but not animated corpses. I thought Liches were animated though. Regardless, I just hope there are lots of other cool types of undead.

[Harvest]

Well vampires really arent undead, they just live forever. At no point do they actually die, but they become Vampires by either magical or Viral means. Depending on who you talk to.

[ShadowDemen]

Liches don't actually die, per se, but they do put their soul into another container. Thus, in old mythology, the only way to kill one is to destroy the container that has the soul, which could be anything from a needle to an hourglass.

[LanMandragon]

Liches don't actually die, per se, but they do put their soul into another container. Thus, in old mythology, the only way to kill one is to destroy the container that has the soul, which could be anything from a needle to an hourglass.

Amazing the things you can Learn in the Darkfall Forums lol!